Patti, I'm so sorry. You must be out of your mind with worry. Praying she and everyone else will be safe.

Good Lord, I hope she's o.k. You must be nearly insane with worry. I pray everyone is o.k.

They're reporting a shooting at the Med Center. Is this a different location?? How scary!

I hope everyone is ok.

OH NO!!! Prayers for everyone!!!

I Pray everyone is OK. That is soooooo scary. Please keep us posted. Sadly, because these shootings seem to happen so often, it doesn't always make the news. Damn guns! there are too many out there and it is too easy for any nut to get a hold of them.

Hoping for for everyone's safety

Yes that is the same place.

It is also called Creighton. But is a part of Boy Town institute.

They have the shooter in custody. But I have no idea who was shot inside the hospital.

A couple hour before in the neighborhood by the hospital the sheriffs dept went to a home with a warrent for someone, they came out of the door shooting and shot one of the deputies. The deputies shot and killed the suspect who shot the deputy. The deputies (one shot and one attacked by a sheriffs dept dog.) were taken to the same hospital where my daughter works. So we don't know if it was related or not.

I think they probably have let the employees out of lock down now.

whew...what a day.

patti

Praying for your daughter's and the other employee's safety.

Scary, scary, scary. Glad it's over.

So glad it's over. You can breathe now, Patti!

Thank God its over!

I just talked to Carri a few mins ago. She said she was just coming out of the bathroom and some guy came running by her and about 6 cops running right behind him...They yelled at her saying "get out of here" She ran into her officse and said to the other girls we need to get out of here and hide. She went to her bosses office (which was empty) shut the door and hid in there.

She works right out in the open by the lobby behind glass.

She said the guy that the cops were folling headed for the revolving door in the front. She thinks thats how they caught him because the door revolves real slow and there were cops outside too.

Her husband was home with the kids but had taken Brad to his ball practice just a few blocks away. So that left Tay home alone for just a bit. She turned on the tv and saw the live news. She's 12 and old enough to realize that was where mom works. She freaked.

She called her moms cell phone. So Carri called a friend who lived near by and ask her to go get Tay because she was so upset. Friend asked sure, why?

Carri said because there is a man out there with a gun... Then scared friend.

She said her phone has just been ringing off the hook now that she is home...I can imagine.

Thanks for prayers..Who knows, that guy could have shot a lot more while he was at it.

anxious to know why he did this..

patti

I'm glad she's safe and bad guy is caught!

I can't even imagine how upset and frightened she must have been. I want to think that in her position I would have done the same thing and warned my co workers instead of running to save myself. I'm so glad she is safe.

This is a perfect example how cell phone can/will incite riots in dangerous situations. Police do not need panic in the populous while they are trying to deal with a lunatic. I would fire your daughter, she could have put the entire building in worse jeopardy.

I found a report on the shooting, which is linked below.

The shooter is in jail and it looks like the man he shot will survive.

Thank heaven your daughter is safe, and that she helped her coworkers and daughter. Carri's heart is in the right place.

Here is a link that might be useful: News report about the shooting.

How frightening.

Arcy, at the high school I worked in and the newspaper my husband did it is indeed a "discipline" offence to use your cell phone to call ANYONE except 911 for any reason during an emergency of this type. At regular staff meetings we are instructed to be absolutely certain that all cell phones are turned off (and lights, too) during an emergency, as a cellphone ringing accidentally could alert a shooter to a persons whereabouts.

I've never been in any sort of situation, but I can imagine that no matter how well trained, it would be very hard to follow the rules. We want to reassure our loved ones and let them know we are safe, but it means jeopardizing so much more, possibly even getting ourselves killed in the attempt.